Judge Ken Majors said it's a young bird and the best conditioned at the fair. “It's a good type in good condition and meets all the requirements of the breed,” he said.

Owen Wander was the top poultry showman.

Majors, who has been judging for 20 years and has shown at shows with 23,000 entries, said the numbers were down at the fair, but the champion and Wander's black Australorp would have done well at large shows.